After Andre turned around and slipped away, this matter came to an end, although everyone didn't think that the young man was really wrong, but they were not fools, they naturally understood that the young lady in front of them was not easy to mess with, and after the backer left, the people of the Howard Chamber of Commerce also quickly slipped away, and without the support of people, they had no way to continue to stay here. Of course, for these two chambers of commerce, the matter is far from over, in any case, the Fiat mine is the only support for the two chambers of commerce, so no matter what, they still have to come up with a solution to deal with the current troublesome situation.

But for Rod, that's the end of his mission. No matter how much Fiat tosses around, it has nothing to do with him, not to mention that at the moment Rhodes is more concerned about the problem of Pafield's northern defense, after completing these two tasks, Rod has also looked for some clues about Lydia's plan, he knows what Lydia wants to do, and if everything goes well, then maybe he will have the opportunity to play his favorite game again............

Because of this, early the next morning, Rod packed up his salute and left the Chamber of Commerce with Celia and Celestina, of course, they did not forget to say hello to the temporary agent of the current Chamber of Commerce before leaving.

"Huh?"

The teacup in Emily's hand fell on the table with a "snap", and the hot black tea tumbled out of the teacup, soaking through the solid wooden table top and the paper scattered in it, but Emily didn't care about it at all, she just stared blankly at "Miss Ceren" in front of her, stunned and didn't know what to say.

"Miss Selen, you, you said you were leaving here?"

"Yes, Miss Emily."

Rod smiled apologetically, and he nodded slightly to Emily before speaking.

"Although I am very sorry that my actions have caused a lot of trouble to your chamber of commerce, and even caused you to lose your own father. Unfortunately, I'm a businessman after all. This time, I went to your chamber of commerce with the intention of negotiating an ore deal, but as far as the situation stands, the situation in the Fiat region seems to be much more complicated than we imagined in the Sailon Chamber of Commerce. Something like this happened in the mine. I don't think it's possible to resume production anytime soon. Then there is no point in me staying here, so I intend to take my leave and prepare to leave. Miss Emily. ”

"Yes. But ..............."

Emily stumbled and waved her hands at Rod's words, as if she didn't even know what to say. Frankly, Miss Sailen's farewell was not unexpected. But for Emily, she couldn't accept this fact for a while. Although she had only known this young lady for two days, Emily felt like she had been friends with her for a long time. And now that something like this has happened to my father, and I still have to be in charge of the affairs of the entire Chamber of Commerce, mediating the interests of those merchants, and being busy with their complaints and quarrels, sometimes Emily really feels that she is in pain, isn't she the saddest person? She was the one who lost her father! But the businessmen, they didn't seem to care about her at all. Quarrel only for their own interests. For the first time, Emily felt that these people were so cold-blooded and heartless, and she wished that someone would be by her side, comfort her, and care for her. Let her rely on ——— that's Emily's only hope at the moment.

However, after learning that "Miss Syren" was leaving, Emily only felt as if the floor under her feet had been pulled off like this, and the whole person fell into the endless void like a loss.

"Race. Miss Ceren, could you stay longer? I ..............."

"I think it's better not to disturb you. Miss Emily, your Chamber of Commerce is in an extraordinary period right now, and there are many periods that need to be dealt with and resolved, and it is really difficult for me, as an outsider, to continue to stay here. It's not good for your chamber of commerce, and it's ......... I didn't expect such a murderous thug to be in Fiat, Miss Emily, and please be careful with the Howard Chamber of Commerce, their plot didn't succeed this time, and I think they might continue to attack you. ”

With that, Rod stepped forward, smiled and stretched out his right hand, gently stroking Emily's cheek.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Emily, it's not easy to meet a trustworthy friend in a foreign land, and I'll remember you."

After saying this, Rod took two steps back, lifted the hem of his skirt lightly, and saluted.

"See you soon, then, Miss Emily, and I hope you will be able to achieve your dream soon."

The door slammed.

Emily stared blankly at the closed door in front of her, and was silent for a long time, and finally, she gritted her teeth, as if she had made a decision, turned and walked to the bookshelf, and then pulled out a scroll from it, spread it out, and then she picked up the quill next to her, and began to write something on it with trembling and force...............

"Is that really good? Master? ”

Stepping into the carriage, Celestina's eyes wandered, and she looked at Rhodes with a sarcastic smile, and Rhodes raised her brow in the face of her gaze. Seeing Rod's expression and reaction, Selestina smiled lightly, and then continued.

"You left that girl like that, don't you see that she's sad? Why don't you just take out what you are best at, let that girl obediently quiet down, and become your slave? Isn't that interesting, and besides, don't you like this set the most, host? ”

"I'm the one who divides my hobbies from my work, Celestina."

In the face of Celestina's sarcasm, Rhodes restrained his smile and lowered his face again, revealing his usual cold and frosty expression, but this did not change the attitude of Celestina and Celia because of this, because for them, this was Rhodes's normal expression, not the smile mask that looked gentle and kind before.

"Work is work, and you can't take personal feelings when you complete a task. Not to mention......... It's not like I'm out of the way to satisfy my personal hobbies. Saying this, Rod glanced meaningfully at Celestina, and the latter's face changed slightly after noticing Rode's eyes, and then turned his head to look out of the car window with a cold snort, ignoring Rod again. Only one Celia was left confused between the two, completely unaware of what Rodrods and Celestina were talking to each other. She looked at this and then at that, and seeing that they had no intention of explaining, she closed her mouth and asked no more......... For War Angel, gossiping about other people's ** is not her hobby.

"Huh?"

And at this very time. Selestina, who was looking out the window, suddenly widened slightly. She looked out the window with interest, then asked with a chuckle.

"Master, you were saying that you have a clear separation between work and personal hobbies, right?"

"That's right. What's the problem? ”

"So now that our mission has been accomplished, you shouldn't mind continuing to enjoy it, right?"

“………………？”

Just when Rod noticed that something was wrong and frowned, suddenly the carriage slowed down. Then he stopped on the side of the road, and until this time a panting voice sounded, and for Rod, this voice was not familiar, but it was definitely not unfamiliar——— just now, he had spoken to the owner of this voice.

"Please wait, Miss Ceren!!"

Hearing Emily's call, Rod frowned slightly. But he eventually chose to open the door and get out of the carriage——— completely ignoring Selestina who was clearly smiling on the other side. After getting out of the carriage, Rhodes soon saw Emily's figure, only to see her holding a small bag in one hand and running desperately towards him. At this time, Rhodes notices that Emily is not wearing the same loungewear that he wore when he met her before. It's a set of outfits that are easy to move around in the wild. This made the corners of Rod's eyes twitch involuntarily......... The Holy Soul is above, do you say............ No way...............

Although he couldn't stop muttering in his heart, but in the face of Emily, who was panting and running towards him, Rhodes still showed the gentle and elegant smile he had before.

"What's wrong? Miss Emily? Anything else? ”

"Whew............ Whew............ Ha............ Ha ............"

Emily ran out of breath and ran in front of Rod. It could be seen that she had been running a long way behind the carriage, and luckily Rod's carriage had just hit the road. did not leave Fiat City, otherwise looking at the appearance of this eldest lady, I am afraid that she would directly chase the carriage into the deep mountains and old forests.

After a while, Emily relented, she looked up at Rod, and after a moment, Emily gritted her teeth as if she had made up her mind, and then spoke.

"Sai, Miss Syren......... If you can, could you please take me out of here with you? ”

“…………………………………”

I'm going to ......

Rhodes so deeply realized how accurate the saying that words can't be said and tasks can't be picked up indiscriminately

Although Rhodes was already aware of it when he found out that Emily was looking for him, he still didn't believe that Emily would simply give up her life in the Chamber of Commerce and become a traveling merchant with herself? Is this part of the mission? What an international joke! If Rhodes is really a female merchant player, then there is no problem with taking Emily on the road, but the problem is that not only Rhodes' merchant status, but even his gender is disguised......... And now that Rhodes is still in a hurry to return to the front line of Parfield to deal with the ensuing offensive of the reformers, where will he have time to accompany Emily on any traveling merchant trips?

However, Rod did not refuse Emily's request, he just looked at the girl quietly and did not speak for a long time. Seeing Rod's reaction, Emily also lowered her head a little uneasily and crampedly, like a student who was scolded by a teacher, and she didn't know what to do. She opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't know how to say it. At this time, Rod's voice sounded again.

"For what? Miss Emily? ”

"Because......... Because ............"

In the face of Rod's inquiry, Emily opened her mouth, but found that she didn't know what to say, before leaving, she obviously came up with so many reasons, so many words to confide in "Miss Syren", but after seeing her with her own eyes, Emily's stomach was full of words at all.

"Because I ..............."

"I don't know what you're thinking, Miss Emily, but I'm not going to take you out of here......... I can understand how painful you are after losing your father. It's sad. But......... That's not a reason for you to leave, Miss Emily, and now you're not good enough to become a traveling merchant. And, as a citizen of the Land of Light. I can't take you out of the country without permission. Especially in sensitive times like these. ”

"But Miss Sylen, I ..............."

Hearing this, Emily reflexively couldn't help but want to say something, but she had just spoken. Rhodes put a finger to her mouth, blocking her from speaking.

"This is the first lesson of a traveling businessman, on the road of travel, you are always a person, and a businessman is also a person. They are entitled to pain and sorrow, but in their lives, the 'Shang' is placed before the 'people'. Running away won't solve the problem, Miss Emily. If you can't be as independent as a businessman, then you can't travel with me, I'm sorry. But now, frankly, Miss Emily, you are not qualified enough to embark on this path. ”

“…………………”

Hearing Rod's words, Emily's shoulders suddenly relaxed, and her whole body at this moment was like a balloon that had lost its air. It looks so helpless.

"Am I really not able to travel with you? Miss Syren? ”

"Yes, Miss Emily, at least for now, you don't have that ability."

"So............ So when. Am I able to do enough? ”

"When you pick up your backpack again and don't hesitate or give up."

After saying this. Rod smiled again at Emily, who was stunned by his words, not knowing what to say.

"You have such qualifications, I assure you, Miss Emily. If you're willing to stick with it, then you'll make a very good travel merchant. But that's not now. Because you don't have that ability yet, and you're not even ready. ”

With that, Rod glanced up at the sky.

"It's getting late, Miss Emily, it's time for you to go back......... Well, see you again, and hopefully the next time I see you, you'll be a great traveling merchant. With that, Rod saluted Emily again, then turned to leave, and saw her figure step into the carriage again, Emily reacted, and she reached out to say something more to Lot, but by this time, the carriage door had been closed again, completely cutting off her words and movements. Then the coachman raised his whip again, and the carriage got back on the road and headed off into the distance.

Emily stared at the carriage in the distance and withdrew her right hand, which she stared at her palm and smiled wryly.

"That's it............ Traveling merchants are not crying children......... Miss Ceren is right, I am indeed not qualified to go on the road with her, but ..............."

With that, Emily clasped her right hand.

"Someday, I'll be a great traveling merchant, Miss Sylen."

"Hoo ..............."

Leaning back on the seat of the carriage, Rhodes closed his eyes and took a deep breath. I have to say that Emily's surprise attack at the end of the year did surprise him, but fortunately, Rod reacted quickly and refused Emily's request without giving her time to think, but ......... Rod couldn't help frowning, in this way, can he still complete the task of "Fiery Rose"? Thinking of this, Rod quickly closed his eyes, and then brought up the system panel, and soon, he saw a gray line of system prompts, and when he saw this line of system prompts, Rod smiled bitterly.

"What's wrong? Master? ”

Seeing Rod suddenly laugh, Celia couldn't help asking, and hearing her inquiry, Rod just shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

"Nothing, Celia, it's just ......... Sometimes, there are some things that really can't be forced. ”

With that, Rhodes turned his head and looked out the window at the sky.

I don't know what happened to Lijie over there?

If Lijie could hear Rod's thoughts, then she would have answered crisply.

Not good. Very bad.

At this moment, the girl was sitting on the cold chair in the fortress, staring at the people in front of her. The atmosphere at the scene was very hot, but for Lijie, it felt as cold as a cemetery. That's not a physiological response, it's a more internal one. Pressure from the heart.

"We recently found out. The reformists are getting more and more dishonest, and in the past two days, they have sent twice as many scouts to the front line to reconnoiter as before, hey, I don't think this is a good sign. It's the same with Lando. The other party seems to have hired a lot of rangers and hunters, and there have been a lot more troubles these days than before. ”

"Is it the chance of being discovered?"

"Hahaha, you're really kidding, Miss Seven Love. We've been trained by Canary and Bubbles, and you go back and tell them that we're going to be discovered by a bunch of rookies. Then I'd better go to the front line and die......... That's not what I mean, I mean, these guys seem to be very keen to pull out the whistle lately, and I suspect that the reformers might make a big move next. ”

"Hmm............ It's not impossible, Xiao Lijie, do you have any questions? ”

"Huh?!"

Suddenly feeling everyone's eyes on her, Li Jie couldn't help but immediately become nervous, she hesitated for a moment, and then asked quietly.

"That.................. Look at it this way. How many people are there? ”

"It's hard to say, Miss Lijie, but according to my opinion and Lando's opinion, there are many people on the other side this time, and there should be about 10,000 people."

“…………… What about their troops? ”

"This.................. You're really asking me about this. Miss Lijie, I'm not the enemy's commander, how do I know this. But Lando's group of guys didn't see any signs of a large number of horses nearby, so it was unlikely that they were cavalry. As far as we can see, it's basically infantry and archers. Of course. We're just looking into the area around the Fog Keep, and we don't know what's going on further afield. This time the guys were quite cunning, they set up camp deep in the defensive line, and we didn't dare to go too deep for safety. But judging from the attitude of these guys, I don't think it will be as simple as a small fight this time. ”

"Did you notify the Fortress Commander?"

Hearing Lijie's inquiry, Joey, who was originally half-sitting in the chair, showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, and he opened his mouth to say something, but at this time, Qilian next to him coughed lightly. Hearing this voice, Joey first glanced at Nanai who was wagging his ears and tail next to him, and then he quickly retracted his expression, and then quickly lowered his head.

"Well......... Miss Lijie, we are working hard for the guild, and the guys in the fortress don't pay us, so if we want to notify us, we naturally notify our own people first. ”

"Uh..............."

Hearing Joey's answer, Lijie's face turned slightly red, but she still nodded.

"I know, Joey, thank you, I'll think about it. By the way, I would like to ask you and Mr. Lando to pay more attention to the situation around us in the past two days, especially at night. Of course, you should also be careful, I heard that the fog has been thick in recent days, so be careful of accidents. ”

"Don't worry, Miss Lijie, it's a big deal to run to the other side to hide all night, and by the way, it will also be used as reconnaissance information, don't worry!"

"Hmm............ Then ..............."

Saying this, Lijie paused, she raised her head, looked at the people around her, and finally sighed imperceptibly.

"Well, let's leave it at that, I'll figure it out."

"All right, Miss Lijie."

"It's good, I know it."

Hearing Lijie's words, everyone in the room got up and left, and it wasn't until they had all left the room that Lijie leaned back in her chair and let out a long sigh.

"Failed again..............."

Then, the girl whispered to herself. (To be continued)

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